The former GQ editor’s memoir is a ‘precarious balancing act’, revealing parental abuse while emphasising his celebrity-heavy careerThe efflorescence of men’s magazines in the UK lasted from about 1985 to 2010. You may recall their titles on newsagents’ shelves – Arena, GQ, Maxim, Esquire – near in time but now as defunct as the clay tablets of Babylon....

This remarkable debut novel explores the Netherlands’ failure to reckon with the fate of Dutch Jews alongside one woman’s reckoning with herselfIsabel, the protagonist of Yael van der Wouden’s remarkable debut novel, has an excruciating habit, at moments of tension or distress, of pinching and twisting the skin on the back of her hand until it is raw...

Actor and comedian says it would be ‘classy’ move if British Museum returned the ancient sculptures to GreeceStephen Fry has likened the removal of the Parthenon marbles from Greece to Nazi Germany stealing the Arc de Triomphe during the occupation of France, and he thinks it would be “classy” if the British Museum returned the ancient sculptures to...

Once derided for saucy advertisements and romance novel plots, these mobile games are venturing into the mainstreamIn late May, in a $58m Bel Air hilltop mansion, influencers, reality stars and other Angelenos milled around Netflix-branded TV screens displaying choices to be made: Are you a Gemini or a Capricorn? What color are your eyes? What is your...

A hiccup in the Hollywood studio machine has allowed indie films to flourish – and, crucially for cinemas, find a new generation of customersThis time last summer, British cinemas were holding their collective breath, looking forward to the biggest box office weekend of the year. “Barbenheimer” came to the rescue, with the doubleheader of blockbusters...

Marie Amachoukeli’s low-key tale of a child and her nanny boasts a star turn from six-year-old Louise Mauroy-PanzaniOne of the year’s most hypnotic performances nestles inside this seemingly modest French-language coming-of-age drama. Gifted six-year-old newcomer Louise Mauroy-Panzani is middle-class Parisian Cléo, whose world falls apart when her adored...